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Line up 2–5 ZIP codes and read the ZipVitals Score, both ranks, and every scoring domain against the same national scale. Descriptive of documented conditions — never a verdict on the people who live there.

Comparing18634Nanticoke, PA41563Shelby Gap, KY2–5 ZIPs · 2 selected

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Nanticoke18634 · PA	Shelby Gap41563 · KY
ZipVitals ScoreComposite of 9 scoring domains	37.28 Leads	28.15
National rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#28,401of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#31,079of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#1,639of 1,748 PA ZIPs	#505of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rankAmong ZIPs with a computed score	#67of 73 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score and its national and state ranks, compared across 2 ZIP codes. Higher is healthier. The nine scoring domains follow, one table each.
Metric	Nanticoke18634 · PA	Shelby Gap41563 · KY
ZipVitals Score	37.28 Leads	28.15
National rank	#28,401of 32,066 US ZIPs Leads	#31,079of 32,066 US ZIPs
State rank	#1,639of 1,748 PA ZIPs	#505of 742 KY ZIPs
Metro rank	#67of 73 ZIPs in its metro area	Not in a metro area

ZipVitals Score — Composite of 9 scoring domainsNational rank, State rank and Metro rank — Among ZIPs with a computed score

Metro areas — 18634: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA · 41563: not in a metro area.

Where these ZIPs differ, domain by domain

Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score. Each one is placed on the same national scale, and the domains where these ZIPs are furthest apart come first. Higher is healthier in every one.

Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›

Every ranking, bar and gap below is measured against the same national group. Where a ZIP’s line also mentions its state or its metro area, that figure is measured against a different group — its own — so it is context for that one ZIP and never a comparison between them.

Furthest apart first

all 2 ZIPs can be placed on these 5 domains

Social Need / SDOH16% of the score 18634 leads · 10-point gap
18634Nanticoke		healthier than 16% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
41563Shelby Gap		healthier than 6% · 0% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Climate / Disaster Risk5% of the score 41563 leads · 8-point gap
41563Shelby Gap		healthier than 69% · 100% in Kentucky	1 of 2
18634Nanticoke		healthier than 61% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	2 of 2

Preventive Care13% of the score 18634 leads · 7-point gap
18634NanticokePartial		healthier than 21% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
41563Shelby GapPartial		healthier than 14% · 0% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Environmental Hazard14% of the score 18634 leads · 2-point gap
18634Nanticoke		healthier than 50% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	1 of 2
41563Shelby Gap		healthier than 48% · 100% in Kentucky	2 of 2

Healthcare Access5% of the scoretied — no single leader
18634Nanticoke		healthier than 47% · no comparison group in Pennsylvania, no metro comparison group	=1 of 2
41563Shelby Gap		healthier than 47% · 0% in Kentucky	=1 of 2

Not every ZIP can be placed here

no leader and no gap — ordered by weight instead

Chronic Disease Burden21% of the scoreno leader — 18634 and 41563 cannot be placed here
18634Nanticoke	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
41563Shelby Gap	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

Risk Behavior11% of the scoreno leader — 18634 and 41563 cannot be placed here
18634Nanticoke	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score
41563Shelby Gap	not placed — too little of this domain is measured here to compare reliably, though it still counts toward this ZIP’s score

Mental Health8% of the scoreno leader — 18634 and 41563 cannot be placed here
18634Nanticoke	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
41563Shelby Gap	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

Disability7% of the scoreno leader — 18634 and 41563 cannot be placed here
18634Nanticoke	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated
41563Shelby Gap	not measured in this ZIP at all — left out of its score rather than estimated

“Of the score” is the domain’s weight in the ZipVitals Score — a property of the score itself, the same on every ZIP. Where a ZIP has no measurement for a domain, that domain drops out of its score and the remaining weights scale up, so its own mix differs slightly from the weights shown here; each ZIP’s own page carries its exact shares. Not every ZIP sits in a metro area — those show a state figure only. A gap is the distance between the highest and lowest of these ZIPs on that domain’s national scale. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Data release 2026 · higher is healthier on every row. How the ZipVitals Score is calculated →

The State rank and Metro rank rows show no “Leads” marker: each ZIP is ranked against the ZIPs in its own state and the ZIPs in its own metro area, so those ranks are not ordered against one another.

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Nanticoke vs. Shelby Gap

Nanticoke 18634 · PALEADS37.28

Shelby Gap 41563 · KY28.15

Data release 2026 · public federal and academic sources · higher is healthier

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